Silent-salesman rack for newspapers, magazines, etc.



Jan. 14, 1930,

A. J. BARGAGNI 1 SILENT SALESMAN RACK FOR NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 24. 1928 INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y.

Jan. 1.4, 1930. 1,743,306

SILENT SALESMAN RACK FOR NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC

A. J. BARGAGNI r s i i i i a i I i i 2 g INVENTOR. flJflarya BY Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES ANGELO J. BARGAGNI, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SILENT-SALESMAN RACK FOR NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.

Application filed rliareh 24, 1928.

The invention relates to a silent salesman rack for the sale of newspapers, magazines and the like.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of racks for the sale of newspapers, magazines and the like, and to provide a simple, practical and efficient silent salesman rack adapted to be arranged either in an inclined position similar to an easel or in a vertical or substantially vertical position for attachment to various forms of supports and equipped with means for supporting and firmly clamping a plu rality of newspapers or magazines and for holding the same in convenient position for sale and ready removal from the rack and for preventing newspapers and the like from being blown away or otherwise acciclentally displaced.

A further object of the invention is to provide a newspaper and magazine rack of this character adapted to permit newspapers and the like to be removed by purchasers one at a'time, and capable of automatically releasing the newspapers as they are successively removed from the rack and of automatically :acting through gravity to clamp the newspapers or magazines remainlng in the rack.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a newspaper and magazine rack which will expose substantially the entire front portion of the newspaper or magazine and at the same time afford ample space at the top of the rack for advertising and other matter.

Another object of the invention is to equip the rack with convenient and safe means for holding the money paid for the newspapers or magazines and to prevent the money from being surreptitiously removed or stolen without carrying away the entire rack.

Another object of the invention is to provide a money receptacle which may be securely locked in the rack and removed therefrom by a proper person and an empty receptacle substituted for one containing money so that the money boxes or receptacles may be collected and-the contents thereof re- Serial No. 264,340.

moved at a newspaper oflice or other central point.

A further object of the inventionisto provide a removable receptacle adaptedito have on its front and backthe price of the 68 paper or magazine and capable of being reversed and of having either its front or back exposed at the front of the rack forindicating the proper price for morning and evening papers or other editions differing in price, whereby the purchaser will know the proper amount to be paid for. the paper or magazine.

WVith these and other objects in view, the inventlon consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the. advantages of the invention. i

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a silent salesman rack constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the rack.

Fig. 4: is a horizontal sectional view of the rack.

Fig. 5 is a detail transverse sectional view illustrating the manner of mounting the coin receptacle.

Fig. 6 is a detail coin receptacle.

Fig.7 is an elevation of a silent salesman rack illustrating a simpler form of the invention in which only one swinging gravity acting frame is employed.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiments of the invention, the silent salesman rack which may be made in various dimensions to adapt it for the sale of magazines or newspapers and also the smaller newspapers, comprises in its construction a back 1 consisting of a perspective view of the plate or sheet of sheet metal of rectangular form provided at the side and bottom edges with rearwardly extending marginal flanges 2 bent at right angles to the plane of the sheet or plate. The back is provided at the top with a substantially L-shaped flange 3 consisting of a. horizontal rearwardly extending portion and a depending vertical web or portion which is arranged in parallelism with the rectangular plate or sheet and in spaced relation with the same. The marginal flanges not only provide a neat finish at the marginal edges of the back, but also reinforce and stiffen the back which is further reinforced at opposite sides by angle bars 4 extending vertically from the bottom to the top of the back and fitted in the angles formed by the side fian es 2. The ends ofthe angle bars abut against the top and bottom flanges of 1 the back. These angle bars are secured to the side flanges by suitable fastening devices, but

they may be fastened in any other desired manner as will be readily understood. The back may be arranged either in a vertical or inclined position and when in a vertical position may be secured by any suitable means to any suitable support and the newspaper racks may be used singly or in groups. Vhen the rack, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, is supported in the form of an easel,

it is equipped at the back with a supporting leg consisting of an approximately Ushaped frame composed of spaced parallel sides 5 p and a connecting bottom portion 6. The sides 5 are pivoted near their upper ends to the angle bars and side flanges of the back by suitable pivot bolts 7 or other fastening devices, and are provided at their upper ends with angularly related extensions 8 disposed at an obtuse angle to the body portion of the sides of the supporting leg and adapted to abut against the angle bars and limit the relative rearward swinging of the leg' whereby the rack will be firmly supported in an inclined position by the leg. The supporting leg is .preferably constructed of a single piece of rod metal or other suitable material bent at spaced points to form the said sides and connecting bottom portion and it is foldable within'the flanges of the back for shipping and storing.

In .the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to l inclusive, is supporting and clamping means for holding the newspapers formed by the arms and the connecting clamping or engaging portion. This will enable the clamping or engaging portion to fit flat against the contents of the rack while the arms are arranged flatwise with relation to the side flanges of the back. The upper and lower gravity acting frames 9 and 10 are connected by chains 14: which limit the relative movement of theupper and lower frames and cause the same to move in substantially parallelism in swinging inwardly and outwardly. Instead of employing chains for connecting the upper and lower frames, any other suitable equivalent connecting means may, of course, be employed. The chains 14 are arranged at spaced points and form an open work paper engaging means which entirely exposes the front of the contents of the rack. The contents of the rack are supported by lower chains 15 connected at one end by suitable eyes 16 to the back and at the other end to the lower frame and arranged at spaced points 1n allgnment with the chains'l l and adapted to form a series of loops for support-' ing the newspapers or other contents of the rack. Instead of employing chains, any other suitable equivalent flexible connecting means may be provided. The flexible supporting loops normally extend below the lower hinged frame and they permit the frames to swing outwardly with respect to the back, for the insertion or removal of the contents of the rack and the spacing of the'flexible support ing elements assist in exposing the front of the contents of the rack. The weight of the contents of the rack assists the automatic gravity action of the clamping frames and enable the rack to securely retain its contents in place and at the same time permits the papers or other contents to be successively removed without liability of tearing the papers.

The rack is provided at the rear face of the back with'an oblong casing 17 constructed of sheet metal and consisting of a rear wall and side and bottonrwalls, the side walls being provided with attaching flanges 18 for securing the casing to the back of the rack.

The top flange 3 of the body or back of the rack is provided with an epening 19 which is aligned with the open upper end of the casing 17 and which communicates with the same to permit a coin receptacle 20 to be introduced into the V casing l! through the top of the rack. The bottom wall of the casing extends forwardly from the back wall and terminates short of the front wall'to provide an opening 21 which will enable the fingers or a suitable instrument to be introduced at the bottom of the casing fer lifting the coin receptacle to facilitate its removal from the casing. The coin receptacle which isoblong is composed of two interfitting sections 22, each consisting of a sheet. metal plate provided with side and end flanges. One of the sections is slightly smaller thanthe other to enable it to fit or telescope within the flanges of the larger section. The interfitting removable sections of the coin receptacle are provided at their upper portions with a coin slot 23 and with an opening 24 located above the coin slot and registering with openings 25 and 26 of the rack and the casing. The sections of the coin receptacle are also provided at the top with an opening 27 and the said openings are adapted to permit the shackle of a padlock to be passed through a portion of the rack and through the upper portion of the coin receptacle for detachably securing the receptacle within the casing and for preventing surreptitious removal of the coin receptacle or its contents.

The sections of the casing are provided with price indications 28 and the body or back of the rack is provided at the upper portion with a circular opening 29 which exposes one of the coin slots of the receptacle and one of the price indications of the said receptacle. The opening 29 may be of any other preferred configuration and by having two price indications on the coin receptacle, the latter may be reversed to indicate the different prices of morning and evening papers or other editions of the same. Instead of employing a padlock for securing the coin receptacle in the casing, any other suitable form of locking means may, of course, be employed. The coin receptacles may be securely locked within the rack and the re ceptacles may be removed, collected and changed at intervals without liability of the contents being disturbed or removed by unauthorized persons. The upper portion of the body or back of the rack will afford ample space for advertising and other matter.

The upper pivoted or hinged frame is adapted to clamp and hold the upper portion of the newspapers or other contents of the rack and the lower pivoted or hinged frame engages the lower portion of the newspapers or other contents and assists in holding the same in a smooth condition. Instead of employing two frames, the rack may be equipped with a single pivoted frame 30 as illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings. The frame 80 is connected by relatively long chains 31 or other suitable flexible connections with the body or back of the rack, one end of the chains 31 being connected with suitable eyes 82 of the back of the rack and at their other ends to the pivoted or hinged frame 30 which is arranged to engage the upper portions of the newspapers or other contents of the rack. The rack illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings is otherwise constructed the same as that heretofore described.

Vhile the rack is illustrated in the drawing as constructed of metal, it may be constructed either of wood or metal, or a combination of wood and metal, or any other suitable material.

What is claimed is v 1. A rackofthe class described,fcomprising a flat back and a plurality ofapproximately U-shapedgravity acting frames pivotedto the back at opposite sidesthereo'f, and'spaced chains connecting the frames with each other and also connecting the lowermost frame with the back of the rack and extending below the lowermostframe to forma plurality of loops adapted to support the contents of the rack, said chains and frames forming an open front to expose substantially the entire contents of the rack.

2. A rack of the class described, comprising a substantially flat back, upper and lower gravity acting frames composed of laterally spaced arms pivoted to the said back and clamping or engaging transverse portions connecting the arms, spaced means connecting the gravity acting frames and adapted to expose the contents of the rack, and spaced chains connecting the lower frame with the back and adapted to support the contents of the rack, whereby the weight of the contents will assist in holding the'frames in clamping position.

3. A rack of the class described, comprising a substantially flat back, upper and lower approximately U-shaped gravity acting frames pivoted to the back and adapted to swing outwardly and inwardly with respect to the same, spaced substantially parallel means connecting the frames, and flexible chains connected at one end to the back of the rack and at the other end to the lower frame and adapted to form loops for supporting the contents of the rack.

4. A rack of the class described, comprising a back, a paper clamping and holding frame composed of spaced arms pivoted to the said back and arranged to swing upwardly and downwardly, and a transverse clamping bar connecting the arms, and looped paper supporting chains secured to the back and to the clamping bar of the frame and extending below thelatter to form a plurality of paper supporting loops, said chains and frame cooperating to form an open front to expose substantially the entire contents of the rack.

5. A rack of the class described having a back provided near the top with an aperture, a casing mounted on the back at the rear face thereof at the said aperture which communicates with the interior of the casing, the latter being open at the top, and a removable and reversible coin receptacle fitted in the casing and adapted to be reversed to expose separate indicating data at the said aperture.

6. A rack of the class described having a flanged back provided near its top with an aperture and having a slot at the top, a casing secured to the back at the rear face thereof at the aperture and having an open top arranged at the said slot of the hack, the latter constituting the front Wall of the casing, and a removable 00in receptacle fitted in the easing and insertible through the said slot and open top of the casing and reversible t0 eX- pose separate indicating data at the aperture.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANGELO J. BARGAGNI. 

